Harm of white pollution

Harm of white pollution: it will affect the appearance of the city, increase the risk of disease transmission, worsen the soil environment, occupy too much land, pollute the air, pollute the water body and cause fire hazards.

1, affecting the city appearance

Waste plastic packaging is often scattered in cities, tourist areas and roadsides, which will bring bad stimulation to people's vision, greatly affect the overall aesthetic feeling of cities and scenic spots, and destroy the city appearance and scenery.

2. It will increase the risk of disease transmission.

White garbage may become a nest of pests, which can provide food, shelter and breeding places for rats, birds, flies, mosquitoes and other pests, and the residue in it is often the root of infectious diseases.

3. Deteriorating the soil environment

The degradation time of plastic products currently used in China usually takes at least 200 years. Long-term residue of discarded agricultural films and plastic bags in farmland will affect the absorption of water and nutrients by crops, inhibit the growth and development of crops, and cause crop yield reduction. If livestock eat plastic film, it will cause digestive tract diseases and even death.

4. Excessive occupation of land

Plastic waste also stays in nature for a long time, generally up to 200-400 years, and some up to 500 years.

5. Air pollution

Plastic, paper scraps and dust flying with the wind will cause air pollution.

6. Polluted water bodies

Plastic bottles and lunch boxes floating on the rivers and seas, plastic bags and bread paper hanging from branches above the water surface not only cause environmental pollution, but also endanger the health of animals by eating white garbage by mistake, and even starve to death due to indigestion in the digestive tract.

7. Fire hazard

Almost all white garbage is combustible, and combustible gases such as methane will be produced during natural stacking. Fire accidents easily caused by open flame or spontaneous combustion often occur, often causing heavy losses.

The main source of white pollution

The main sources of white pollution are food packaging, foamed plastic filling packaging, snack boxes and agricultural plastic films.

White pollution is a unique environmental pollution in China. A large number of discarded plastic products can be seen everywhere in various public places. They come from nature and are made by human beings, but when they finally belong to nature, they are not easily absorbed by nature, thus affecting the ecological environment of nature. From the perspective of saving resources, plastic products should be recycled as much as possible, because the main source is exhausted oil resources, but the production cost of recycling at this stage is much higher than the direct production cost, which is difficult to do under the current market economy conditions.